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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Nov. IS, 186i' 



Cmvas Canoes and how to Build Them. By Pa/rher B, Meld. 

 Price SO cents. Canoe and Boat Building. By W. P. Stephens. 

 Price ^S.OO. Canoe Handling. By C. B. Vaux. Price $1. Gaiwe 

 and Camera. By T. S. Steele. Price 1.50. Four Months in a S7ieaTt- 

 box. By N. H. Bixluyp. Price $1.50. Canoe and Camp CooTi-ery. 

 By '■'■Seneca." Price $1., 



THE A. a. A. EXEOUTrVE COMMITTEE.-On Oct. 1 Com. 

 Walter U. Lawson and Sec.-Treas. Ralph F. Brazer ended their 

 terms of office, their places being taken by Vice-Corn. C. V. 

 Winne, of the Central Division, and the new Secretary-Treasurer, 

 W. B. Wackerhagen. On Saturday next the terms of all the 

 division officers will end, the new board, which constitutes with 

 the Commodore and Secretary-Treasurer the executive commit- 

 tee, being as follows: 



Central Division.— Vice-Oom. E. L. French, Buffalo, N. Y.; Rear 

 Com. T. H. Stryker, Rom'^. N. Y.; Purser C. D. Mead, Dayton, 

 O.; Ex. Com., T. J. Kirkpatrick, Springdeld, O.; C. F, Welters, 

 Rochester, N. Y.; C. &. Belman, Amsterdam, N. Y. 



Eastern Division.— Vice-Corn. .7. W. Cartwright, Boston; Rear 

 Cam. E. C. Knapp', Spri agfleld; Purser R.Appollonio; Ex. Com., 

 Paul Butler, Lowell; W. U. Lawson, Newton; S. R. Upham, Provi- 

 dence, E. L; T. H. Metcalf, Holyoke. 



Northern Division— Vice-Corn. D. B. Jaques, Toronto; Rear 

 Com. W. F. Sweny, Kingston; Purser W. H. P. Weston, Toronto; 

 Ex. Com., R, Easton Burns, Kingston; D'Arcy Strirkland, Lake- 

 field. 



Atlantic Division.— Vice-Corn. L. W. Seavey, NewY'ork; Rear 

 Com. Richard Hobart, Newark, N. J,: Purser J. K. Hand. New 

 York; Ex. Com.,W. S. Elliott, New York; J, R. Lake, New York; C- 

 V. Schuyler, Arlington, N. J, 



DmSTON REPRESENTATION. - If we are not mistaken, 

 several Divisions have provided themselves with members at 

 large far in excess of the number allowed by the constitution. A 

 Division of 100 members is entitled to the tiiree flag officers, but 

 no member at large; a Division of 200 members is entitled to but 

 one member at large; a Division of 300 members to two; and in 

 order to have three a Division must show at least 301 names on 

 the roD. It looks as though this was only another instance of 

 that carelessness in reading and applying the rules, which is be- 

 coming entirely too common in the Association, and which usu- 

 ally arises from the basty manner in which business meetings 

 are conducted. As we have remarked before, there is no use in 

 enacting and printing rules which are not to be observed. Last 

 year, taking the A. C. A. book as authority, there were two 

 Divisions each with one more member on the committee than 

 they were legally entitled to, but the matter passed unnoticed. 



THE DIVISION REPORTS. 



ATLANTIC BIVISXON, PURSEfi'S HEPOBT. 



Eeceipti'. 



By cash from former purser g234 63 



By dues from 1886 to 1890 (inclusive) 5 00 



By dues for 1S91 285 00 



By dues for 1892 2 00 



By entrance fees .39 oo 



By Division meet receipts 26 00 



S591 62 



Expendlture^^. 



To office exrpenses S43 01 



To Division meet expenses 159 60 



To regatta committee expenses 48 n 



To A. C. A. 



To 30 per cent, receipts from Sept. 1890;to Sept. 1, 1891..$98.70 

 To sending out 6 supplements Sail and Paddle at 



$2 03 12.48 



To 3-10 expense sending out 2,500 year books 29.70 



$140 88 



To balance Oct. 15, 1891 2fio 03 



$SS1 6S 



Audited and found correct. 



(Signed) W. J. Stewart. 



.J.4MES K. Hand. 

 MemJ)ersMp. 



Members Nov. 7, 1890 .297 



New members .39 



Reinstated 1—40 



Dropped for non-payment 33 



Resigned 13 



Deceased...... , 3-47 Loss.. 7 



Total membership, Oct. 15, 1891 290 



RiCHAHD HOBAHT, Purser. 



JS'ewark, N. J. 



OBNTRAT. DrVISION, PURSER'S RBPORT. 



Receipts 



By balance received from former Purser 



By dues of members for 18V1 210 00 



By back dues _ 17 00 



By dues for 1892 2 00 



By initiation fees 57 00 



By interest _ . i 35 



!f 414 92 



Erpenditwrei, 



To office expenses $91 41 



To A. C. A. Treasurer 85 80 



To balance Sept. 15. 1891 237 VI 



Mem}jersh%p. 



Membership. October, 1890 162 



New members, 1891 57 



Reinstated 14—71 



Dropped for non-payment, etc 33 Gain.. 49 



Total membership . , , 211 



W. Howard Brown, Purser, 



Albany, N. Y. 



EASTERN DIVISION, PURSER'S RBPORT. 



Beceipls. 



By balance from former Purser gl44 09 



By dues collected for 1891. 325 00 



By initiation fees 99 00 



By back dues 6 00 



By dues for 1892. 1 00 



By camp dues coUeeted at Eastern Division Meet 36 00 



S611 09 



.'ExpenHituren, 



To oiilcs expenses , .S 68 30 



To Eastern Division headquarters at meet 22 EO 



To tliree-tenths expense on mailing of 2,500 Year Books.. . . 29 70 



To six supplements Sail and Paddle 14 40 



To expense at Ertstern Division meet 54 VO 



To amount due and paid to A. C. A. Treasurer 398 70 



To balance October 1, 1891 23 19 



$611 09 



Audited and found correct, 



(Signed) E. 8. G-ilmore, 



iiATHROP HEUaE. 



MembersMp. 



Members, October 1, 1890 gge 



New members , 99 



Reinstated '. 4— 103 



Died ..... 3 



Resigned i. 3 



Transferred to other divisions . ." 1 



Dropped for non-payment 67— 74 Gain.. 29 



Membership October, 1891 325 



R. ApoLLONio. Purser, 

 Winchester, Mass. 



NORTHERN DrVISION, PURSER'S REPORT. 



Receipls. 



By balance from former Purser s 7 55 



By members dues for 1891 110 00 



By initiation fees 188 00 



By receipts from meet ' ' 12664 



By subscription special 53 00 



$i71 19 



E.vpendHureii. 



To amount of loan repaid $ 75 30 



Tostationery ... 22 00 



lo postage and sundries 14 75 



To expenses of meet 136 71 



To expenses of camp site ,55 05 



To printing V. ;; 33 go 



To Y ear Book , 10 85 



To amount due and paid to A, 0. A. Treasurer. . . . 83 40 



To supplement of Sail and Paddle " " 31 .ne 



To balance on hand §07 



Mimhershm. 



Membership, Nov. 1, 1890 . iso 



New members si 



Dropped 70 G-ain . . 14 



Membership, Nov. 1, 1891 194 



Audited and found correct, 



(Signed)' R. Easton Burns, 

 . W. J . B. White. 



CHANGES IN THE RACING RULES. 



Editor Forest anfl Stream: 



■ ^ Pi^ot^st against the proposed rnle prohibiting rudders 



in paddling races. I cannot see any reason for it except to help 

 those too lazy to rig foot steering gear or who stand while pad- 

 dling, for under many conditions it is certainly a great help. If 

 It were not a benefit there is certainly no use of ruling it out. 

 Also, this affects more than the races at the A. C. A. meet, as the 

 ma:iority of the clubs in the A. C. A. nave a turn in the paridling 

 races at their club regattas, when unquestionably the rudder is a 

 great help. As these races are almost invariably under A. C. A 

 rules, this question is quite serious, and the rudder is certainly a 

 legitimate device. Nearly every cruiser uses a rudder when pad- 

 dling, and it the rules are to be drawn so very fine, I propose as 

 an offset, a rule to prohibit carrying 01- using a bailer in sailing 

 races. Tliere is as much sense in one as the other. 



IdIjEMERB. 



Editor Forevt and Stream: 



The proposed changes in the racing rules, as offered by the 

 regatta committee and others in Forest and Stream, will no 

 doubt be the cause of much discussion. J think that to add to 

 Kute A. No rudder shall be used in paddling races," is rather 

 unjust, as the rudder is as much a part of the canoe as the 

 centerboard, and m the record paddling race centerboards must 

 be earned, and why should a man be compelled to discard his 

 rudder when it may be of some assistance to him. which, like the 

 centerboard, is simply extra dead weight? In the record sailing 

 and combined each canoe must carry the same rig and ballast, 

 and why should a man in the record paddling take off his rudder? 

 and if it can be carried in that race, wby not in all paddling 

 races? 



1 also cannot see anything to be gained in starting all paddling 

 and combined races by the stern of the canoes, as it gives the 16ft. 

 canoe an advantage of li^ft. over the 14ft. 6in. canoe, and the race 

 IS not the whole distance Between the start and finish lines. 



I am glad to see that some notice has been taken by the addition 

 to Rule XII. to stop the jockeying that was witnessed at the A. C. 

 A. meet this year in two races. A. 0. A. 1254 



A. C. A. MEMBERSHIP.— Atlantic Division: William Brad- 

 ford, New York; Paul MuUer. Jersey City, N. J.; Gilbert L. Crow- 

 ell, Jr.. and Edward Ridoux, Arlington, N. J. Northern Division: 

 Piers Davidson and E. M. Fulton, MontreaL 



Small Yachts. By C. P. Kunhardt. Price $10. Steam Tachts and 

 Launches. By C. P. Kunhardt. Price $11. TachUi, Boats and 

 Comes. By C. St-ansfleld-Hieks. Price $S.59. Steam Machinery. Bi 

 Donaldson. Price $1.60. 



STEAM YACHT RACING.— The fast river steamers having 

 laid up, the amusement of beating them is over for the season, 

 and steam yachtsmen who must race have found a new way of 

 doing It without the danger of defeat. A course is laid out on the 

 water by stretching a copper wire between two buoys, over which 

 distance a record run is made. The repairs to the Norwood hav- 

 ing been completed, it was announced that she would make a run 

 of this kind on Saturday last, and a number of spectators were 

 present at Wintringham's Basin, Bay Ridge. The elections being 

 over, and news proportionately scarce, it is needless to say that a 

 large portion of the audience consisted of reporters. As it hap- 

 pens, it was very fortunate that the run did not take place a week 

 sooner, as at that time it would have been unnoticed in the daily 

 papers, or have been disposed of in five lines instead of being 

 pulled Dut to a column length. - 



The distance was laid off by a copper wire floated by corks a 

 few inches apart, the whole being paid out from a tug and two 

 buoys set, after which the run began. There was some talk of 

 1.50, the conditions being favorable, but the first run showed only 

 2.12. A start was made on a second run, but something went 

 wrong with the safety valve, and the yacht ran into the Basin, the 

 wire was coiled away and the spectators went home greatly en- 

 lightened, though some were sufficiently censorious to remark 

 that the slight damage might easily have been repaired and a 

 second run made. 



CONSTELLATION.— It is reported, on very good authority, 

 that Mr. Bayard Thayer has given up all idea of visiting Eng- 

 land with Constellation, and will race her next season against 

 Volunteer. As the two are not in the same class, Constellation 

 being 108ft. l.w.L and Vohinteer under 89ft., they will only come 

 together in a few races in the East, in which all schooners are 

 classed. together, and in the Goelet Cup race. In the races of the 

 New York cruise, which bring out the best entries of the year. 

 Constellation will have nothing modern to sail against. 



"GEOFFREY HAMPSTEaD," A l^ACHTING NOVEL.- We 

 have received from the publishers, Messrs. D. Appleton & Co., 

 New York, a very bright and clever novel which cannot fail to 

 interest yachtsmen,<-especially those familiar with the lakes the 

 scene of the story being on or about Lake Ontario. The author, 

 Mr. Thomas S. Jarvis, is an old late yachtsman, formerly a 

 Toronto lawyer, who, during the past season, has become known 

 to New Y'ork yachtsmen through some excellent work in the New 

 York papers, and is now yachting editor of the TFeefr'8 Sport. The 

 yachting portion of the story is particularly bright and fresh, 

 and two or three very exciting incidents are well worked up. 

 While the plot is always interesting and often exciting, the chief 

 merit of the book is in the character studies, the principals and 

 their friends being admirably drawn. 



YACHT RACING IN 1891. 



m.— THE 46ft. and 40ft. classes. 

 A FTER the meagre records of the larger clashes last week it is 

 XV a pleasure to turn to the long and interesting record of the 

 46rt. class, as shown m the accompanying table. The first strik- 

 ing tact is the. altered position of the 46 and 40ft. cf^es as com- 

 pared with the previous year. In 1890 the 40f:t. class was the 

 mainstay of the racing, the 46ft. class being merely in embryo! 

 with a few new boats and several old ones, but none specially 

 built for racing In 1891 the 40ft. class had practically disap- 

 peared, but one boat racing through the whole season, ind she 

 starting generally m the 46ff. class. At the same time, tie 46ft 

 class has grown into a fl-jet of a dozen boats, all spacially built j:or 



Out of the large fleet of forties built between 1883 and 1890, only 

 Gossoon was fitted out for racing, the majority of the others being 

 sold for cruising. Mmerva was laid up all the season at Beverl^ 

 her young owner having given up yachting. Pappoose was sold 

 and towed to Lake Erie; Choctaw, Mocassin and Xxra were sold 

 ^^}^ Hudson, Awa came to New York to a new owner, Verena 

 and Baboon were also sold and Ventura as well. Mar iquita, still 

 owned by Mr. Belmont, \yas fitted out for cruising use only? 00k- 

 ing. better m coat of black than she ever did as a white boat. 

 Liris was fatted up for cruising, with a cockpit and wheel, and has 

 been m constant service all the season. 



The growth of the 40ft. class was deliberate and pro<^ressive the 



isqn'' ^^hhfif^PP'?"^^' ''^^^ ^'^ ^"'i last. Gossoon, in 

 1890. The 4bf t. class, however, sprung into existence in a single 

 winter, being the first instance of a large class practically btiilt 

 to order at short notice for racing. Out of the eleven yachts 

 which made up the class, nine were built last winter for it the 

 other two being but one year old and to all intents new boats. 

 The class had its origin m an agitation which began in Boston 

 ^"I'iar!'',® success of Minerva in 18S9 , and of Minerva and Gossoon 

 m lf)99, had sealed the fate of the existing class. The first to act 

 on the niany suggestions for a new class was Mr. August Belmont 

 owner of the Mariquita, who ordered early last fall a 46-footer 

 from Mr. Burgess. Closely following him came Mr. Bayard 

 Thayer, owner of Pappoose, who ordered Sayonara, and Mr A 

 B. Turner, owner ot Milicete, who ordered Oweeue, wiihMr! 

 Cornelius Vanderbilt, owner of the .30ft. Gladys, a new comer in 

 the racing ranks, who ordered the new Ilderim. Ail of these 

 were to be designed by Mr. Burgess, and all were keel craft, their 

 beam being little wider than the Burgess 40-footers sn.-b »=; 

 Chispaand Jlariquita. 



•With the existence of the class well assured by these orders 

 other yachtsmen soon came in, Mr. Foster, owner of Ventura' 

 placed an order with Fife; Mr. ,lohn B. Paine, son of Gen Paine' 

 after two successful attempts at designing in the smaller classes' 

 turned his hand to a forty, which was later enlarged to the fash- 

 ionable size. The greatest surprise of the winter, however was 

 the announcement that the Herreshoffs were at work on a' new 

 yacht for the class, designed by Mr. N. G. Herreshoff, and later 

 that this boat was for Vice-Com. Morgan, wno had buCt twice for 

 the 40i:t. class with ljut poor success. All of these were keel craft 

 and it looked at one time as though the centerboard would not 

 have a representative, but late in the winter Messrs. Bryant and 

 Prince set to work to get a centerboard racer of the latest type 

 from Mr. Burgess. 



In addition to these new yachts, there was already the 46ft. Jes- 

 sica, built by Fife the previous year and sailed across, \fter a 

 little unsuccessful racing in the previous fail, she was refitted 

 with a larger rig during the winter. Another Fife boat was also 

 added to the class before the racing began, Uvira, 43ft Lw 1 

 somewhat similar to Minerva, built for a Halifax yachtsman "in 

 1890 and sailed across. Early last spring she was purchased by 

 Mr. F. P. Sands, of Newport. Thus lar tne class was very much a 

 Boston affair, the yachts being owned or built in the East, but just 

 before the building season was over a keel was laid in New York 

 for the yacht Nautilus, designed and built by H. C. Wintnneham 

 for Mr. J. Roger Maxwell, ovmer of Shamrock. 



The work of building was begun so early, in many cases the 

 spars for some of the Burgess boats being worked out in rhe'fall. 

 while the hulls were startpd at the same time; that the general 

 expectation was that the fleet would be complete by thp time of 

 the first races. Such, however, was very far irom being the case 

 and the usual annoying delays and attendant expense and disap- 

 pointment fell to the lot of most of the owners. The experiment 

 made with Liris, in 1889, ot part composite construction with the 

 evident necessity for a lighter hull and more ballast below led to 

 the adoption by Mr, Burgess of some very radical changes in con- 

 struction in Ventura, Mocassin and Go-soon; and when the new 

 class took definite shape it followed, as a matter of course that 

 the construction of Mariquita, Nympa, Thelma, Milicete, and the 

 older Burgess boats must be materiajly modified. 



la all of the new boats then, the effort Was made to reduce 

 weight, though but with poor success 4n the end, as the boats 

 began a course of leaking and breaking down as soon as they 

 were launched, which has been kept up throughout the season 

 In the first place a serious delay was met with in finding the 

 large number of heavy keels logs required, and all of the later 

 boats were delayed on this account. Spars too were scarce by 

 the time that all were ready for them, and some were glad to get 

 even poor sticks rather than none at all. Seasoned material for 

 planking was also scarce, the result being that a number of the 

 boats leaked very badly. In readiness for the new clasps a num- 

 ber of early events had been arranged, especially in the East, but 

 when the time came none of the boats were completed. Mineola 

 when completed sailed at once for New York to get in trim for 

 the races there; but the folding up of her channels sent her to 

 the smithshop at Bay Ridge, where she stayed until much of her 

 ironwork was replaced, thus losing valuable time. Sayonara also 

 started for New York, but was compelled to put back to Boston 

 with her channels gone, through which mishap, and a good deal 

 of trouble from leaks, she only reached New York after the prin- 

 cipal regattas had been sailed. Ilderim, after being one of the 

 first completed, was laid up for the whole season at Lawley's, her 

 owner deciding to spend the summer abroad. O weene. Beatrix 

 and Alborak w ere aU late in getting out, and then there was 

 much work to do before they were fit for racing, all showinjr 

 weakness and especially leaking considei'ably at first. 



So far as construction went, the New York boat. Nautilus, was 

 far ahead of the Eastern ones, having proved amply strong in use 

 while her hull is quite light. She, too, was late in fitting out, an<i 

 not fully ready for the first races. The best construction of all 

 the American boats was that ot the Herreshoff craft, Gloriana, 

 with steel frames and straps and a part double skin, the hull 

 being very light. Although a weakness of the deck developed on 

 the first trial, it was soon remedied, and the yacht has sailed 

 through the season without a breakdown. 



The Fife boat, Barbara, was by far the most thoroughly con- 

 structed of the fleet, having, at the expense of some weight a 

 complete system of steel straps and ties inside the planking- but 

 she, on launching, had trouble wirh her ballast, going down by 

 the head and being over the class limit, so that sne had to haul 

 out for the removal of a ton from the fore end of keel. 



iVlthough the shortcomings of some of the boats were in a meas- 

 ure due to a consideration of expense, the designer and owner'* 

 not deeming it necessary to go to the additional cost of a double 

 skm, as in Liris and Gloriana, the fleet throughout was an expen- 

 sive one, and supposed to be fitted out in the best possible manner 

 in spars, gear ana sails, as well as in hull. In a number of cases 

 the best available men were secured to sail them; Captain Nat 

 Watsbn naturally took charge of Sayonara, having sailed Pap- 

 poose for two seasons; Captain Charles Barr, of Minerva a skip- 

 per who has made a reputation for himself in but two seasons 

 was in command of Beatrix; Captain Harry Haff went from Mari- 

 quita into Mineola. Alborak had the benefit of the elder Captain 

 Hank Hafl's experience, but had no skipper in charge, her owner 

 sailing her; and Barbara and Nautilus were also sailed by their 

 owners. Gloriana was sailed in part by her designer and also by 

 her owner, and as her home port was Newport, not far from the 

 Herreshoffs' yard, with plenty of clear water for sailing, Mr 

 Herreshoff had unusual opportunities for getting the boat into 

 trim before the opening races; the splendid shops at Bristol, with 

 facilities for the finest wood and metal work, contributing theii 

 share to the yacht's success. 



The Eastern Y. C. had prepared to open the season with ahandi 

 cap regatta in which the new class should play an important 

 part, sailing its fir.st race, but as the day approached it became 

 evident that the new boats would not he ready for at least a 

 month, and the regatta dwindled down to a race of the 30-footerB. 

 The first race about New York was little more .suecesstul for the 

 reasons before mentioned, only Jessica coming to the line at 

 Larchmont on June 6. Liii? was in the harbor, and went in to 

 mak=! a race, vrith the agi eemeni that no balloon sails should be 

 allowed, as she had none on board. The wind was light and Liris 

 was badly beaten. It was not until ten days later, in the Atlantic 

 Y. C. regatta, that the racing really began, Gloriana very easily 

 defeating Mineola^ Nautilus and .Jessica. 



In the regatta of the Marine and Field Club, on the following 

 day. Jessica alone was present, and the old sloop Madcap started 

 against her to make a race, not finishing, however. 



The New York Y. C. regatta, a day later, was sailed in a NJE. 

 storm, a strong breeze and quite a tumble of sea. It bad been 

 foreteld by many tiat when Glorlaufionoe struck roui^b water sh^ 



